Superdrug Mobile Review: 4GB of Data for £10 With Coverage From Three

Superdrug Mobile offers 4GB of data along with unlimited minutes and texts for £10/month.

Superdrug, the UK retailer, has just launched a mobile phone plan in the UK for £10/month. Offering 4G coverage from the Three network, Superdrug Mobile offers a single £10/month plan with unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and 4GB of data.

The benefits of Superdrug Mobile include being able to roll-over unused data for up to two months, and earning double points on all of your spending at Superdrug. You’ll also receive £10 of free Health & Beautycard points when you sign up and activate your SIM card, which will essentially pay for your first months usage.

In this article, we’ll review Superdrug Mobile including the £10/month SIM-only plan and the various data add-on packages. We’ll also discuss some of the benefits of the network, the level of coverage you can expect and how to keep your existing phone number.

SIM-Only Plans

The tariff is a one-month rolling plan, with voicemail, MMS picture messages and EU roaming all included in the price. There is no credit check required when signing up to the plan.

If you run out of data mid-month, you can buy one of the three additional data add-ons:

1GB of extra data for £2/month

2GB of extra data for £3/month

4GB of extra data for £5/month

This essentially means you can have up to 8GB of data for £15/month (in addition to any data that’s been rolled over from a previous month’s allowance).

Data Rollover

Superdrug Mobile offers data rollover as part of their plan, meaning your unused data can rollover for up to 2 calendar months. This means, for instance, if you only use 3GB of data in a given month, the remaining 1GB will roll-over to give you a 5GB allowance the following month (4GB plus the 1GB roll-over).

As an alternative to Superdrug’s data rollover, it may also be worth considering Smarty (another mobile network using coverage from Three). With Smarty, you’ll also pay £10/month for 4GB of data, but you’re given a discount for unused data at the rate of £1.25/GB (potentially a bit more useful if you normally have fairly low data usage).

Health & Beautycard Points

When signing up to Superdrug Mobile, you’ll receive your first months’ payment (£10) back in Superdrug Health & Beautycard points. According to Superdrug, this should normally happen within 5 working days of you activating your SIM card.

As an active customer of Superdrug Mobile, you’ll also receive double points on your spending at Superdrug whilst you have an active Superdrug Mobile plan. This means receiving 2 points (worth 2p) for every £1 you spend, so it’s equivalent to an extra 1% back on all of your spending at Superdrug.

Comparison to Alternatives

In our opinion, Superdrug is offering a very competitive deal at the £10/month price point with the 4GB of data on a 1-month rolling deal.

If you’re shopping around, it might be possible to find a slightly cheaper deal (e.g. on iD Mobile from the Carphone Warehouse). Alternatively, you can choose a mobile network with added flexibility e.g. on giffgaff where you can change goodybags every month and where you’ll get an extra 1GB of data once you’ve been a customer for three months.

Network & Coverage

3G & 4G Coverage from Three

Superdrug Mobile is a virtual network operator, piggybacking on coverage provided by the Three network. This means customers using the Superdrug Mobile service will receive the exact same coverage as customers on Three.

At the time of writing, Superdrug claims 98.3% population coverage for 3G coverage and 99.8% population coverage for 4G. Before signing up to the Superdrug Mobile service, we strongly recommend checking the coverage in your area on the Superdrug website:

International Coverage

On Superdrug Mobile, it’s possible to use your mobile phone in Europe at no extra charge. If you’re travelling outside of Europe, it’s still possible to use your phone but you’ll need to buy a cash add-on before you depart.

Keeping Your Phone Number

To start off, contact your current mobile network and ask them for a PAC Code. This is a nine-digit code that authorises the transfer of your phone number to Superdrug. It must be provided to you free of charge within 2 hours of your request.

Teresasaid:

Hi Teresa,
Thanks for your comment. With Superdrug Mobile, I believe the £10 payment is taken automatically from your credit or debit card each month. If you’d like to buy a cash add-on or a data add-on, you can buy this online through the Superdrug Mobile dashboard.
Ken

Hi Rose,
Thanks for your comment. I don’t believe there should be a problem doing this. The only issue you might encounter would be if your router is locked, in which case, you might need to go through the process of unlocking it.
Ken

sumansaid:

Hi Suman,
This is a one-month rolling plan where you only pay for one month of usage each time. Therefore, yes, you can cancel the plan whenever you like (it would however continue to run until the end of the current billing month).
Hope this helps,
Ken

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